Get to know Pombaline better with 2 real example sentences, the meaning.
Pombaline in a sentence
Pombaline meaning
Of or relating to a Portuguese architectural style of the 18th century, with neoclassical buildings on streets laid out according to a grid.
Using Pombaline
- The main meaning on this page is: Of or relating to a Portuguese architectural style of the 18th century, with neoclassical buildings on streets laid out according to a grid.
- In the example corpus, pombaline often appears in combinations such as: the pombaline.
Context around Pombaline
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 1 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Pombaline
- In this selection, "pombaline" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 24 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, city and downtown stand out and add context to how "pombaline" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include of the pombaline city centre and of the pombaline downtown of. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "pombaline" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with pombaline
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The buildings and big squares of the Pombaline City Centre still remain as one of Lisbon's tourist attractions. (19 words)
The buildings and big squares of the Pombaline Downtown of Lisbon still remain as one of Lisbon's tourist attractions: They represent the world's first quake-proof buildings. (29 words)
The buildings and big squares of the Pombaline Downtown of Lisbon still remain as one of Lisbon's tourist attractions: They represent the world's first quake-proof buildings. (29 words)
The buildings and big squares of the Pombaline City Centre still remain as one of Lisbon's tourist attractions. (19 words)
Example sentences (2)
The buildings and big squares of the Pombaline City Centre still remain as one of Lisbon's tourist attractions.
The buildings and big squares of the Pombaline Downtown of Lisbon still remain as one of Lisbon's tourist attractions: They represent the world's first quake-proof buildings.
Common combinations with pombaline
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: